Emily Dickinson Lexicon

forcing, n. [see force, n.]

Pressing out of breath; difficulty in breathing.

ford, v. [OE place name.]

Pass through; get closer to the other side of something.

forebear (forebore), v. [OE, before enduring.]

Omitted; voluntarily avoided.

foreclose (-ed), v. [OE fore 'before' + L. claudere 'shut'.]

Take possession of; preclude.

foreclosing, verbal adj. [see foreclose, v.]

Preclude the chance of returning to an old state; insidious.

forefather (-s), n. [Old Norse.]

Ancestor; [fig.] one who sets an example for those who follow.

forefinger, n. [OE fore + Gothic figgr.]

Main pointer; object that establishes directions or sets a pattern.

forehead (-s), n. [OE.]

1. Blossom; bloom; corolla; whorl of petals at the top of a flower.
2. Brow; upper area of the human face; part of the head above the eyes and below the hairline.
3. Beginning; genesis; place of honor at forefront.
4. Surface; curvature; [fig.] landscape.
5. Station; status.
6. Outline; silhouette; upper edge.
7. Beginning; genesis; place of honor at forefront.
8. Face; countenance; front surface of the human head.
9. Disk of light; visible part of a heavenly body.
10. Thought; mind; perspective; inner eye; point of view.
11. Eyesight; vision.

foreign, adj. [OFr 'to go, depart'.]

Excluded; extraneous; not belonging; unconnected; from a different area.

foreigner (-s), n. [see foreign, adj.]

One who does not belong; one who comes from a distance.